Biodiversity & Conservation
Rights of Nature Laws Are Coming Up Against Legal Systems Designed for Destruction
By Katie Surma
Offshore Oil and Gas Rush Threatens Whale Corridors and Coral Reefs
By Teresa Tomassoni
Federal Officials Say an Endangered Wetland Plant Is Recovering. Not Everyone Agrees.
By Madeline Shaw
Can Clusters of Human-Constructed Ponds in the Arizona Desert Save a Threatened Frog?
By Wyatt Myskow
The Future of Duxbury Reef
By Claire Barber
How ‘Mother Trees’ Nurture Our Forests
Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
A New Book Tells the Story of Albuquerque Through the Rio Grande
By Martha Pskowski
Interim Fish and Wildlife Assistant Secretary’s Lack of Experience Concerns Senators at Confirmation Hearings
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
Alabama Seeks Permit to Fill Wetlands, Streams for Controversial Highway Project
By Dennis Pillion
As Colorado River States Struggle to Reach Agreement, New Mexico Brings on a Fresh Voice
By Jake Bolster
A Sloth Exhibitor Shut Down by New York Wants a Florida Comeback—and Florida Licensed Him
By Katie Surma
Utah National Monument Survives Attempt to Rescind its Management Plan
By Wyatt Myskow
More Coral Reefs May Survive Climate Change Than Scientists Once Thought
By Teresa Tomassoni
As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat
By Teresa Tomassoni
A Massive Volunteer Network in Florida Works to Save Endangered Sea Turtles
By Dennis Pillion
‘Their Breath Was Captured in the Tree’
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth